Clevis.



H. C. BERG.

GLEVIS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 2, 1913..

Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

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' Specification of'Letters Patent.

,i p11catitn fi ea'iiu ustz, 1913 Serial No. 782,137.

; To all whom/it may concern}- Be known that-I: A MARC. Base, 1 a

e invented'certaiIl-new and ecificati'on, reference being hadj tofthe accompanying drawings.

' This invention relates. to 'clevises, and it moregparticu'larly relates to an improved; 'spf'ringfclevis.

this invention is to provide a.

c Ani object of- I simp e, comparatively "inexpensive clevis'of this oharactfarwliioh. is thoroughly-practical and'efi'ective, andjwhich may .be easily manu-v facture'd by the-ordinary operation'of metal v V I "member 1 are slidably 'seated' Ttwillbe the members 1 and shearing,"- punch g nd;stamping-,-:0; .it may 'bem'anufactured yf-any blacksmith or illetal'- I worker with hand tools.

to a wagon or other vehicle, but it is-more plows ted be use device is essential for preventing breakage perspective view of the complete device 'which constitutes my invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view therethrough; Fig. 3 'is'atransverse sectional view on the line 3.-3v'of Fig. 2; and Fig. l isa transverse sectional-view on the line 4-4 oflFig. 2;

'.'In these drawings, which similar refer- 'ence. characters correspond with similar parts throughoutthe several views, the principal member ,of the clevis comprises three sheet metal parts 1', 2 and 3 respectively; a,

compression spring 4: anda connecting bolt '5, thelatter having an ordinary nut thereon and being seated in registering apertures through the end portions of the'member 2.

As herein embodied, the irame'lis composed of two substantially-jL-shape sections, with thefeet thereof disposed in overlying relation Aclip G'is provided with a medial aperture through which ascrew-bolt or pivot tending through the registering aperturesin element 7 extends; said pivot, element exth lapped end portions of the member 1 for pivotally or swivelly'connecting the clip to the element 1 of the expansible clevis memher and also serving to maintain the sectionsh of the frame 1 in assembled relation. 'The 'Clevises,- of which thefollowing'is a The invention IS desi' ed for attachment Patented Nov; 1 1 1914; I

clip 6' has its fend portions provi'd'ed with registering apertures through which a bolt 8 extends; for connecting the clip to 'a-swingletree, doubletree, or whiflietree;

The 'apertured-end portions of. the mem--- ber 2 are adapted to fit againstopposite sidesof'a plow-beam,,wagon-tongue or the hke,'wh1l'e the ,bolt 5 extends therethrough,

for. securely attaching t'he 'clevis to the ve-'.' hicle or plowtolbe drawn. The plate 3 is provided with'guide lugs9v-between' which 5 the parallel edges of themember 2- areslideably seated. The medial. portion of the member 2 is'c ut away or-narrowed,- so as to provide- :guide shoulders 10" between which the r ectilinear and -.parallel sides of the,

2 ,are;-held' in para el relation witli' each other by means of-.said'-guide 'lugsand 'guide ;sh0ulde1" s, and that asid members. combine to form a housing or s ring mg in whichIthe spring 4 isret ineil and f-held axially alined with the vertical center.

of the casing without the necessity for'aliy auxiliary means for holding said spring. It is 'obvious thatv this casing is'jcapable of carrying, a spring which is sufficiently large and'strong to. ushion any shock which is or vehicle,1and thatsuch-"a spring may be of thesimplest form of. helic'al springs, and may be replaced by a similar spring which .may-be easily made bywanordmary blacksmith or machinistv tra v likely tooccurin-the employment of aplow.

' \Vhi'le the accompanying. drawings illusQ- te what. I believe to bathe preferred 6111-" bodiment of my inventi n, it is' to be understoodthat the invention is not limited there- )5 to, but thatvarious changes may be made in the construction,[arrangement and propoi.-.

tions' ofthe parts without departing from the scope of the invention, asdefined in the y appended claims.

YIclaim': 7' A clevis comprising a U-shaped member having the free extremities. of thestems thereof providedwith engaging means, the

"base being of less width than the width of the stems, .said'member being composed of duplicate sections substantially L-shape in 'form, with the feet thereof disposedcin over-c lying relation, a frame member of substantially rectangular form having" its sides positioned betweenythe' free longitudinal marginal portions of the tl-shaped member, one

overlying portions of the sections comprised in said first mentioned member and serving to maintain said'sections in assembled rela tion. 15

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

HJALMAR G. BERG Witnesses T. C. BERG, P. T. SIMoNsoN. 

